Pune homes will sell the fastest: survey

SummaryPune is a “genuine space for buyers” and tops the list of six metro regions in the country, including Mumbai and NCR, as far as pace of sale is concerned, shows a recent survey by real estate rating and research consultant Liases Foras.

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According to Liases Foras property study, 430 lakh sq ft will be sold in next 14 months

Pune is a “genuine space for home buyers” and tops the list of six metro regions in the country, including Mumbai and NCR, as far as pace of sale is concerned, shows a recent survey by real estate rating and research consultant Liases Foras.

At the current pace of buying, Pune homes will be sold the fastest, taking just 14 months to sell its 43.06 million (430 lakh) sq ft, the survey states. The RBI cutting lending rate to banks last month has led to cheaper home loans, boosting the sales further.

Pune real estate is a genuine buyers’ rather than investors’ market. “Pune market has always been up and will continue to go up,” said Satish Magar, president, CREDAI-Pune Metro. “Supply is as per demand and we have a good number of genuine buyers rather than investors unlike other metros,” said Magar.

CREDAI vice-president Rohit Gera, who has conducted a survey in the city, said the Pune realty market has always been considered very bouyant. “Overall supply position as published by us shows that 80 percent gets sold out. This a very healthy position and part of the reason Pune has seen a sharp increase in buyers,” said Gera.

He explained that the Pune market has not seen any sharp increase in prices as against other markets. “It is a reasonably mature market and one has not seen any sudden, sharp or indiscriminate price rise and developers have been keen on not raising prices too much. Considering the present rates, one sees continuous buying and selling and the market has always been an active one. While Mumbai may be second to Delhi in unsold homes, it has also been assessed that a steep rise in interest rates in the last 18 months was a key reason for low sales as buyers try to avoid high home loans,” he added.

“The RBI rate cut has been to the advantage for the Pune market in particular,’’ said a broker in Kothrud area that has seen a lot of buying and selling.

As against Mumbai, property prices in Pune are definitely lower, said Rohit Rao, an IT professional who shifted from Mumbai to Pune and brought